Midweek buying by speculators and some commercial customers helped rhodium recover from a selloff early in the week, leaving price levels virtually unchanged week on week Friday. The Platts New York Dealer rhodium price range narrowed to ...
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A proposed free trade agreement between Canada and South Korea would remove the current 3% to 8% tariff that Canadian oil and gas producers have to pay for exports into that Asian nation, a Canadian government spokeswoman said Monday. ...
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Despite weak fundamentals and largely negative sentiment, the futures and swaps markets recovered some ground through the day, leading to some support for ore prices. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index up 50 cents from Monday at ...
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The Asia to Europe arbitrage window for methanol will remain shut in the third quarter of 2014 on expectations of higher export volumes from the Middle East and stronger Chinese demand that would soak up Asian supplies, sources said late ...
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The Indonesian government reached a deal with lawmakers late Wednesday to revise down its targets for subsidized fuel consumption and crude production in its 2014 budget to make the figures more realistic, officials said. The measure cuts ...
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The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), America's largest and most respected footwear trade association, partnered with the firm Elevate to produce its 5th Factory Survey Analysis. The recently completed report provides ...
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Pie Face has signed a deal to enter in markets in Singapore and Malaysia with 50 new stores Australian pie making company Pie Face has announced that it has entered into formal agreements to open a minimum 50 stores in the next 5 years in ...
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Specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has completed its bought-deal offering of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures worth $60m (announced on 29 May). The debentures were offered ...
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Investcorp Bank, a Bahrain-based investment firm, is considering $1.3bn sale of US packaging distribution company Berlin Packaging, sources known with the matter said. Investments banks Barclays and Deutsche Bank have been selected by the ...
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Commercial vehicle manufacturing flagship of the India-based Hinduja group, Ashok Leyland has secured a vehicle supply order from the Government of Sri Lanka. Under the order, the manufacturer will supply 2,200 buses for the Sri Lankan ...
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Korea-based auto supplier Hanil E Hwa Interior Systems Georgia will expand its existing LaGrange facility by investing $5.5m at the Troup County facility over the next two years. "The international automotive industry has repeatedly ...
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Brazil and Argentina announced an extension on an automotive agreement that aims to reinforce their bilateral relations, Brazil’s chamber of foreign trade (Camex) said on Wednesday. Under the agreement, both countries are expected ...
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Product uses AI to allow a car to recognise its position on a track. Development company Wow! Labs, a spin out from Wow! Stuff, has launched the Kickstarter campaign for Real FX Racing. The product uses AI to allow a car to recognise ...
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Japanese spot import prices of high-carbon ferrochrome rose this week as Indian producers cut output amid a decline in domestic chrome ore feedstock supplies, market sources said Friday. Platts assessed the spot price of high-carbon lumpy ...
Pacific Lighting Managementhas selected electrical solutions provider Leviton as the sole supplier of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) for the Department of General Services (DGS) California Program Award. Under the deal, Leviton ...
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